General Election

The 2015 General Election in Great Britain takes place on May 7. It is also the same day as the local Government elections. There are 28 constituencies within the West Midlands county, 10 of them in Birmingham. After the 2010 General Election there were eight Labour MPs, one Conservative and one Liberal Democrat for Birmingham. There are more than four million registered voters in the West Midlands.

Chancellor George Osborne was in Birmingham this week promising more powers and bigger budgets for those regions that come together - but especially those that elect their versions of Boris Johnson as mayor.

Conservative David Cameron will stay on as Prime Minister after Tories made gains - but Labour leader Ed Miliband and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg are both likely to resign after a disastrous night for their parties